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Education and Skills for the American Workforce• Department of Education (ED) requested $69.8 billion. – $1.7 billion or 2.5 percent increase from FY2012 – Largest increase in funding of any non-­‐security agency

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Education and Skills for the American Workforce • ED Proposal Has Five Core Areas: 1. Increasing College Aﬀordability and Quality 2. ElevaDng the Teaching Profession 3. Aligning Job Training and EducaDon Programs with Workforce Demands 4. ProtecDng Formula Programs for At-­‐Risk PopulaDons 5. ConDnue on the Path of Reform and InnovaDon

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Increasing College Affordability and Quality• $1 billion in Race to the Top for states toimprove postsecondary education.• $55 million First in the World Fund. (like i3grant program)• Development of College Scorecard andFinancial Aid Shopping Sheet.

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Elevating the Teaching Profession• $5 billion in one-time funds for states and districts targeted at all aspects of the teacher profession.• 25 percent set-aside in Title II for Effective Teachers and Leaders state grant funds.

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Aligning Job Training and Education with Workforce • $8 billion over three years in Community College to Career Fund. • $1 billion over three years to expand Career Academies.

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Continue on the Path of Reform andInnovation• $850 million for Race to the Top (increase of $301 million from FY2012).• $150 million for i3 – new round.• $100 million for Promise Neighborhoods (increase of $40 million).

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Overall Philosophy at ED• At the core, Race to the Top [and other competitive grants] are about spurring reform; especially at a time of tight budgets, when we need to make every dollar count . . . formula funds alone cannot drive the transformational reforms our system needs.” -­‐ Secretary Arne Duncan

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Caps and Cuts• Sequestration triggers automatic cuts for each of the nine years FY13-21.• For FY2013 – ﬁxed percentage of across- the-board cuts projected at 9.1 percent (OMB key player in this process).• FY2014 to 2021 – No across-the-board cuts but the discretionary cap is lowered further.• Estimated at a $4 billion cut in FY2013 to ED programs.

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Differs from Current Law• Standards – Requires states demonstrate college and career ready standards and create assessments in reading, math and science. – NO requirement to join Common Core Standards IniDaDve. • Accountability – Same tesDng but eliminates AYP. – DisaggregaDon of data NO achievement targets

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Differs from Current Law • Teachers – Let’s states decide how to evaluate teachers. – Requires states that receive TIF grants to crak evaluaDons based at least in part on student growth. • Low-performing schools – For bo1om 5% of schools choice of 8 intervenDons based on SIG regulaDons. – Bo1om 5% of high schools and elem/middle schools AND dropout factories.

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Reaction from Stakeholders• Support from Chiefs, administrators and teacher organizations • Lack of support from civil rights groups, disability groups and business community. – Lack of strong accountability measures. – Lack of performance targets for subgroups. – Too much lek up to States.

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ESEA Reauthorization: House• House of Representatives – Last year • TerminaDon bill • Charter school expansion bill • Flexibility bill – This year • Student Success Act • Encouraging InnovaDon and EﬀecDve Teachers Act • Both approved February 28 on party line votes • Might make it to the ﬂoor

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ESEA Overview of Proposed Changes• House bill merges Title III into subpart Title I.• Professional development for teachers of ELLs, is not maintained as a national priority.• House bill eliminates HQT requirements.• House bill requires SEA/LEAs to develop teacher evaluation systems; Senate only requires it for those applying for competitive grants.• House bill includes signiﬁcant expansion of funding ﬂexibility.

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Reaction from Stakeholders• Support from Chiefs and administrators.• Lack of support from TESOL, civil rights groups, disability groups and business community. – Merging Title III into Title I – Lack of strong accountability measures. – Lack of performance targets for subgroups. – Too much lek up to States.

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ED’s ESEA Agenda• “We can’t wait”• Waivers – States must adopt and have a plan to implement college and career-­‐ready standards – States must create comprehensive systems of teacher and principal development, evaluaDon and support that include factors beyond test scores – States no longer have to meet 2014 targets but must set new performance targets for improving achievement and closing achievement gaps

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Waivers• 11 states applied in the ﬁrst round – Approved in February – Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachuse1s, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oklahoma, and Tennessee….and, New Mexico • 26 states and DC applied in second round – Alabama, Alaska, California, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, and Wyoming siqng out • Third round of applications due September 6• http://www.ed.gov/esea/ﬂexibility/requests